Reply #8: No, she and Edwards both offer a range of plans -- 250 plans --

[pnwmom]

that include BOTH private insurance and government run plans like Medicare.

Medical insurance is a HUGE issue in my family, because one of my children has a serious chronic illness. I would be thrilled to have the range of public and private options that the Senators have.

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/healthcareplan/

The American Health Choices Plan gives Americans the choice to preserve their existing coverage, while offering new choices to those with insurance, to the 47 million people in the United States without insurance, and the tens of millions more at risk of losing coverage.

The Same Choice of Health Plan Options that Members of Congress Receive: Americans can keep their existing coverage or access the same menu of quality private insurance options that their Members of Congress receive through a new Health Choices Menu, established without any new bureaucracy as part of the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program (FEHBP). In addition to the broad array of private options that Americans can choose from, they will be offered the choice of a public plan option similar to Medicare.

A Guarantee of Quality Coverage: The new array of choices offered in the Menu will provide benefits at least as good as the typical plan offered to Members of Congress, which includes mental health parity and usually dental coverage.